I guess I misunderstood, what you meant was a front-end driver that can speak 9P. I think that should be a priority. What I'm concerned about is whether the summer is a realistic time frame for completing this effort. I have not done this before so I have no real way of gauging it.
On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Eric Van Hensbergen <[email protected]>wrote: > No, virtio supports 9P directly on the virtio channel (in linux see > fs/9p/trans-virtio.c) > > The qemu/kvm side patches are just now being mainlined, but should be in > place by summer. > > -eric > > On Apr 2, 2010, at 8:35 AM, Saeid Al-Wazzan wrote: > > > Do you mean providing a translation from virtio messages into 9P as > follows? > > > > [front-end driver] > > | > > [virtio-9P] > > | > > [transport] > > | > > [back-end drivers] > > > > Sorry for the bad ASCII art :) > > > > On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Eric Van Hensbergen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > you should support virtio-9p as well. > > > > in fact, you should probably support it first. > > > > -eric > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 7:28 AM, Saeid Al-Wazzan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > After some review of the provided material and looking over the virtio > > > source code in the linux kernel > > > I've written the following potential proposal, would this be an > acceptable > > > project? I'd appreciate any comments > > > or corrections. Thank you. > > > > > > Proposal: > > > -- > > > Allowing Plan 9 to run efficiently in a virtual environment enables > those > > > who would like to try the system > > > to do so without committing to a full installation. > > > > > > This project aims to utilize the virtio abstraction layer by providing > > > front-end virtio drivers to a hypervisor. > > > Four drivers will be produced: virtio-net for network devices, > virtio-pci > > > for PCI devices, virtio-console for > > > console devices, and virtio-blk for block devices. [1] > > > > > > The virtio interface should be consistent with the Plan 9 way of doing > > > things, that is, it should provide a > > > file system interface that can be accessed through standard read and > write > > > operations. [2] > > > -- > > > > > > References: > > > > > > [1] http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-virtio/ > > > [2] http://doc.cat-v.org/plan_9/4th_edition/papers/net/ (2.2 Kernel > > > Organization) > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Saeid Al-Wazzan < > [email protected]> > > > wrote: > > >> > > >> Hello everyone, > > >> > > >> I've been looking over the ideas page and I'm really interested in > > >> Virtio device support. I've read over the specification and I'd like > > >> some more information about the difficulty level of this project to > > >> see if I can reasonably apply myself to it. > > >> > > >> I have a good understanding of hardware in terms of computer > > >> architecture, digital design, and low level programming. I understand > > >> the concepts behind virtual machines (I have not delved into > > >> implementations) and I have not written a device driver before. I'm > > >> comfortable working with assembly and C. > > >> > > >> Does this project match my skill level or is there something intrinsic > > >> that might prevent me from realistically completing it? I appreciate > > >> your feedback. > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Plan 9 Google Summer of Code" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<plan9-gsoc%[email protected]> > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > http://groups.google.com/group/plan9-gsoc?hl=en. > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Plan 9 Google Summer of Code" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<plan9-gsoc%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/plan9-gsoc?hl=en. > > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Plan 9 Google Summer of Code" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<plan9-gsoc%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/plan9-gsoc?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Plan 9 Google Summer of Code" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<plan9-gsoc%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/plan9-gsoc?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Plan 9 Google Summer of Code" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/plan9-gsoc?hl=en.
